Machine for capping and double-seaming cans.



MAGHINBFOR GAPPING AND DOUBLE SEAMING CANS.

APPLIOAT' LON FILED 3361?.23, 1911 Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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LQQQ QQK H. L, GUENTHBR, MACHINE 1 0 CAPPING AND DOUBLE SEAMING CANS.

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APPLIOATIOIT FILED JAN. 23, 1911.

Patented Dec. 31, 191? 15 SHEETS" SHEET 3.

ag E IIVVENTOH WIT/VESSEW I ATTORNEYS H. L. GUENTHBR. MACHINE FOR UAPPING AND DOUBLE SEAMING CANS. APPLICATION FILED JAR. 23, 1911;

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WIN/588g @5416 26/ H. L. GUENJEBR. MACHINE FOR GAPPING AND DOUBLE SEAMING CANS.

Patentefi 1590.31, 1912.

APPLIGATIOH FILED 111121.23, 1911.

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PING AND DOUBLE SEAEJZING UAITS. APPLIDATKQH FILED JA1L23, 1911.

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Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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E. L. GUENTHER.

MACHINE FOR OAPPING AND mums amma cams.

29 mm Dec. 311., 1912.

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APPLIGATIOR FILED JAE. 23, 1911.

N R! A N INVEHTOH H. L. GUENTHEBJ.

- MACHINE FOR GAPPING AND DOUBLE SBAMING CANS. PLIGATIOH ,FILED JAR.28,1911.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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3 1 X INVENTOR ylfiuerzl /ffi A770R/VEYS H. L. GUENTHER. MAGHINE FOR CAPPING AND DOUBLE SEAMING CANS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 1911.

Patented Deb.81,1912.

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INVENTOR L .Gwzzi w' mg ATTORNEYS H. L. GUENTHER.

MACHINE FOR CAPPING AND DOUBLE SEAMING CANS.

APPLICATION FILED JA1I2S,1911.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED 5111.23, 1911. n

Patented nee. 31, 1912.

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H. L. GUENTHERI V MACHINE FOR GAPPING AND DOUBLE SEAMING CANS.-

APPLICATION FILED 11111.23. 1911v Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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W/ TNESSES INVENTOI? H. L. GUENTHBR.

MACHINE FOR UAPPING AND DOUBLE SEAMING UANS. APLmATmN FILED JAN.23, 1911.

1,049,227, Patented Dec.31, 1912.

transverse section of the same with the parts finished cans from the machine.

cate correspondng parts in all the views.

YTED SATFZS HENRY L. GUENTl-IER, or L NT QFFICE.

OS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patci'itcd Dec. 31, 1912.

Application filed January 23, 1911. Serial No. 604.241.

To all whom 'it may concern: 7 lie it known that l. Hnxnv L. Gnnn'rnrn, 3 a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Los Angeles. in the county of Los .\ngeles and State of California, lmveinvented 1 a new and Improved Machine for Mapping and Double-St aming Cans, of which the fol- 1 lowing is a full, clear, and exact description. The invention relates to a type of special machines cn'iploycd for double seaming and compressing the heads of cans used in packing fruits and other food products. 7

The object of the invention is to provide 5 a new and improved machine for capping and double-seaming cans. arranged to re store the months of can bodies which have become distorted while being filled or han-- dled, to press the fruits or other food prod ucts. that may extend above the edge of the I an body, downward into the same, to place g the can heads in position on the can bodies and to double-seam the flanges of the can bodies and can heads, and to compress the seams with a view to render the same airtight Withoutthe use of solder, and to remove the The invention consists of the novel features and parts and combinations of thel same, which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming apart of this specification, in which similar characters of reference in li- I Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine for capping and double-seaming cans; Fig. 2 is. a front elevation' ofthe same, the can body conveyer being shown in section F ig. 3 is an enlarged elevation of the left-hand side of the machine; Fig. #1 is a similar view of the right-hand side of the machine; Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view of the machine on the line 55 of Fig. 2: Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional plan view of the same with the parts in a. different position; Fig. '7 is an en- 5 larged transverse section of the machine on the line 7 -7 of Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is an enlarged in a different position, and showing more particularly the platen, the assembling device and the shifting device for moving the can body and can head into position under theassembling device and into the platen; Fig. 9 is an enlarged sectional side elevation r l tional side elevation of the can 5 or other food ot' the do!ible-seaming device and the compressing device, the section being on the line U-9 of Fig. 6: Fig. 10 is a similar view of the same showing the parts in pcsitinn after the flange of one can body is double-seamed and compressed Fig 11 .is an enlarged plan view of the can body conveyer and the press ing and shaping device; Fig. 12 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of a filled can,

and the means for pressing the food product down into the can and to restore the dis- 5 torted mouth ot a can body. the plunger being in a raised position: Fig. 13 is a like view of the same and showing the parts lowcred in engagement with the can body to restore the distorted mouth of the can body to proper form; Fig. 14 is an enlarged secbody and the can head conveyors and assembling device. the section being on the line 1J[1 1 of Fig. 1: Fig. 15 is a like view of the same and showing the parts in a different position: Fig. 16 is a cross section of the same on the line 1t3-1t3 of Fig. 14; Fig. 17 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the eject ing device for removing a finished can from the platen, the section being on the line 1717 of Fig. 6; Fig. 18 is an enlarged side 1 elevation, partly in section. of a filled can with the can head in position thereon and prior to double-seaming the flanges; Fig. 19 is a like view of the finished can, showing the; can head double-seamed and compressed on the can body; Figs. 20 to 28 are face views of the cams on the cam shaft, and employed for imparting movement to sundry of the devices of the machine: and Fig. 29 is a sectional side elevation of part of the platen and the top guides for the can head.

The tilled can bodies A are carried by a transversely-arranged conveycr B (see Figs. 1. 2. 4. 5 and 11) to a reciprocating pusher to move the can bodies A one after another to a pressing and restoring device. D (see Figs. 11. 12 and. 13), which serves to compress the fruits products down in the can body A and at the same time restore a distorted mouth ot' a can body A to regular cylind-ri cal form, and then the can body A is moved from the right to the left by av longitudinally-extending conveyor E to a transverse shifting device F, which serves to shift the can body A. and the can head A" to an as- 4 terent diameters.

A into position on the open mouth of the can body A, the said shifting device F also moving the can body A with thehead A thereon into one of a series of notches H of a ltorizont-ally-disposed platen H, revolving intermittently in the direction of the arrow (1' and carrying the can body A and'its head A successively to a (lOLlblB-Stlll'llllg device I and a. compressing device J (see Fig. 9) for double seaming and compressing the flan es A A of the can body A and the heat A for hermetically sealing the can, the platen ll finally carrying the finished can to an eiccting device K for moving the finished cans off the platen H and over a chute L to the right-hand sideof the machine.

The machine is mounted on a suitably constructed frame N, and in detail is constructed as follows: The can body conveyor B (see Figs. 1, 2, 4 and 11) is provided with an endless conveyer belt B, having-its up per run passing over a table B supporting side rails B for holding the can bodies A against sidewise movement while being carried transversely in the direction of the arrow 7/ by the conveyor beltll'. The conveyer belt B passes at its rear over pulleys B", B and at the front. over pulleys not shown. The pulley B is journaled in a bracket N carrying the rear end of the table 13 and held vertically adjustable on the frame N by bolts N extendiri through a verti ral slot in the bracket N", plainly indicated in F lg. a. The bracket N carries a table N" over which passes the belt B between the rear end of the. table B and the pulley B, and the said'table N is-extended to the left to the pressing and restoring device D and in alinetnent with the movement of the pusher t. Theside ails ll are provided with sidewisc-extending pins B slidably engaging brackets Bi attached to thestdcsbf the table Btso that the side rails can be adjusted toward and from each other to suit can bodies A of dif- Screws B serve to fasten the pins P1 in place in the brachttsB? after the rails B are adjusted. The pulley 15" is the driving pulley for imparting-traveling motion to the beltll' in the direction of the arrow 7)", and the said pulley ll is secured on a shaft B extending longitudinally and journaled in suitable bearings arranged on the frame N. On the left-hand end of the shaft 15 is secured a pulley 0 connected by a belt 0 with a pulley 0 (see Fig. 3}, secured on a transverse-ly-extending driving shaft 0 journaled in suit able bearings on the left-handside of the main frame N. 011 the shaft 0" is secured a pulley 0* connected by a belt 0 with other machinery for imparting a rotary motion to the shaft O which by the pulleys O, O and the belt C imparts ii rotary moveyer belt B.

tion to the shaft B to cause the pulley ll to impart a traveling motifln to the con Through suitable slots in the right-hand rail B of the conveyor frame project bell crank levers B fulcrumcd on the right-hand rail B and connected with each other by a flexible link ll, preferably in the form of a chain, as indicated in Fig. 11. A spring B connected with (tlt'll of the bell'crank levers B serves to hold the same normally in an innermost position, as shown in Fig. 1,.so that the ran bodies A which stand vertically on the upper run of the-conveyor belt ll and travel with the same are interrupted in their inward movement and held in position one behind the other until the bell crank levers 13" receive a swinging motion in an outward direction (see Fig. 11) to allow the can bodies A to travel forward with the conveyer belt B until the said bell crank levers B swing back to the innermost position to again interrupt the forward movement of the can bodies A. The inward movement of each bell crank lever ll limited by a stop pin B adapted to abut against the right-hand rail ll. This movement of the bell cra'nklcvers ll takes place simultaneously and at such time that a ran body can only travel inward from one hell crank lever to the other before its inward movement is interrulited, and this movement of the bell crank levers takes place during each one-eighth revolution of the platen ll.

In order to impart the desired movement to the bell crank levers by means of the link B, the innermost bell crank lever B is pivotally con! ected by a link 13 with a rocking lever B fulcrumcd on the main frame N, and the free end of the said rocking lever B is provided with a depending pin 1 adapted to be engaged by an incline C formed on an extension C of the pusher C employed for shifting the innermost can body A to the pressing and restoring device I). hen. the pusher C moves from the right to the left to shift the innermost can body A otl' the conveyor belt l and into the pressing and restorinp device I), then the bell c'ank levers B are in active position, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to hold the can bodies against forward movement with the conveyer belt B. \Vhen the pusher (I is on the return stroke and moves to the right of the conveyor belt'B then the incline (.l acts on the pin ll whereby a swinging motion is given to the lever 13" which by the lint: B and the chain B imparts a swinging motion to the bell crank levers B so that the latter swing outward to the position shown in F ig. l1 and thus release the can bodies A for the latter to travel forward with the conveyor belt B. The fOI'Bll'lOSi' can body A finally moves against a plate N to position this forward can body directly understood. by reference to Fig. 11. The

stopping plate N is provided with transversely-extending pins N held adiustablv in the main frame N and secured therein I set screws 1?, as shown in Fig. 11. The

ion on a shaft Q journaled on chain B permits independent motion of the bell crank leVersoB, so that the latter readily adjust themselves when in an tlCti gt position according to the position of the can bodies.

The pusher C is mounted to slide longitudinally in suitable ,QUldcWRYS arranged on and 111 order to impart a the main frame N,

reciprocating motion to this pusher, the follonging,arrangement is made: On the front face of the extension C of the pusher E mounted to slide vertically a block C pivotl ally connected with the upper end of a lever C fulcrumed on the main frame N, and the lower end of the said lever is plvotally connected by a link C With an arm C cured on the lower end of a rock shaft P ournaled in suitable bearings arranged on the front of the main frame X. 'ihus when the shaft P is rocked the arm C link C.

lever C and block C impart a reciprocating motion to the plunger C, so that the hitter-with its segmental face C engages he innermost can body A and pushes the same oti' the conveyor belt 13 into the pressing and restoring, device 13. after which the plunger C returns to its outermost position. During the outward movement of the plun ger C motion, is given to the bell crank levers B so that the latter release the can bodies A, previously described. to allow the'can bodies to travel rearward with the conveyor belt B. The rock shaft P is provided with sidewise-extending arm P pivotally connected by a transverse link l with the lowcrentl of a lever 1" (see Fig. 4i. fulcrumed at P on the right-hand side of the main frame N, and on the upper end of the lever P is journaled a roller P engaging a cam groove P in a cam P (see Fig. 27), secured on a continuaily-rotating cam shaft Q, extending longitudinally and journaled in suitable hearings on the rear upper .portion of the main frame N. the left-hand end of the cam shaft Q is secured a gear Wheel Q7 in mesh with a pinthe main frame N. and on the shaft is secured a pulley Q (see Figs-1 and 3) connected by a belt Q with a pulley Q" secured on. another driving; nally of and ournaled in suitable hearings on the main frame N. @n the righthand end of theshaft Q (see Fig. 5) is secured .a pulleyiQ connected by a belt Q with other machinery foriimparting rotary motion to the shaft Q2 which by the belt and gear connectionjust deseribeah imparts a continuous rotary motion to the cam shaft shaft Q extending longitudidink P and arm P readily I Q. Thus when the cam shaft Q is rotated rocking motion isg'iven by the lever'P'.

which bythe arm C and limit C imparts a rocking motion to the lever C to actuate the'plun ei: for the purpose previously mentioned.

The can btlidy A after being pushed from the conveyer belt l3 passes over the table N outo a platform D movable in an apcrlure N of the table K (see Figs. 12 and i3). and the said platform l) is provided with a downwardly-extending stem I) mounted to slide in bearin N held on the under side of the table'X. A spring I) is coiled on the stem l) and rests with its lower end on the bearing X and presses with its upper end the platform I) so as to hold the latter normally in an uppermost position. that is. with the top of the platform l) flush with the table N, as indiruted in Fig. 12. the upward movement of the plat'forni i) being limited by a stop pin D held in the lower end of the stem 1.) and abutting against the under side of the bean ing X, the arrangement described the platform i)" is yieldingly mounted. The

is onp Shell /disposed dies l), I), mounted to slide tramsversel vin suitable bearings N" (see Fig. 5) a rranged on the main frame N, and the said dies l). l)" have segmental it'accs to encircle the upper portion of the can bod A. A conical head l) havinga vertical reciprocating motion is adapted to pass into the open mouth of the can body A at the time the dies D, D" encircle the can body, so that the head I) presses the food product that may extend above theedge of the can body downward into the can and at the some time the conical head D by engaging the inner face of the mouth of the can body forces the mouth of the can body in firm contact with the faces of the, dies I), D. so that in case the mouth of the can body is distorted it is restored to its regular cylindrical shape. The conical head D is provided "with an annular flange D adapted to engage the flange A of the can body A so as to limit the downward movement of the conical head D at the same time pressing the can body A downward against the tension of the spring D until the flange A of the can body A rests on top of the dies to the you; shaft P- I), l), and straightening the flange that,

may have been distorted (see for comparh eon Figs. 12 and 13). After he food product has been pressed downward in the can body A. and the distorted month of the can body has been restored to regular shape, then the head 1) rises and the. dies D, D slide in op 'iosite directions away irom h other to completely release the can body i which returns with the piatforn fiD to the i so position shown in Fig. 12, so that the next can body pushed over by the plunger 0 moves the first can body A over the table N and over an extension N thereof onto the conveyer E which carries the can body from the right to the left to the transverse shifting device F.

1n order to impart the necessary motion to the conical head I) the following arrangement is made: The head D is provided with an upwardly-cxtemling stem D mounted to slide in suitable bearings arranged on the main frame N, and the upper end of the said stem 1 is pivotally connected by a link D with a transverse lever I) fulcrun'ied at D on the right-hand side of the main frame N. The rear end of the lever D is provided with a friction roller D engaging a cam groove l) formed on one face of a cam I) (Fig. 28) secured on the cam shaft Q. \Vhen the cam shaft Q is rotated the cam D imparts an intermittent rocking motion to the lever D whereby an intermittent up and down movement is given to the conical head .1) for the purpose previously mentioned.

In order to impart a transverse sliding movement to the dies D", 1) the following arrangement is made: The dies are provided with vertical sliding blocksl) see Fig. 2) pivotally connected with belt crank levers D fulcrumed on the main frame N (see Fig. l), and pivotally connected with blocks I) mounted to slide transversely in a sleeve D" mounted to slide up and down on the stem D, and on the sleeve 1) is mounted to slide transversely a block D pivotally connected with a transverse lever I) fulcrumed on the main frame N. and carrying at its rear end a friction roller D engaging-a cam groove I) formed on the cam I onthe face opposite the one having the cam groove 1) (see Figs. t and 28). Thus when the cam shaft Q is rotated an intermittent swinging motion is givento the lever D whereby the sleeve D is caused to move up and down on the stem D so that an intern'iittentrocking motion 15 given to the bell crank levers D, to slide the dies DT', D intermittently toward and from each other for the purpose previously mentioned. Thus from the foregoing it will be seen that the dies I), D and the conical head D co-act to produce the desired result. that is, to press the food products that may extend above the edges of the cans downward into the cans and at the same time restore a distorted can to regular shape.

The conveyor E consists of an endless conveyer belt E passing over a table E supporting rails E adjustable similarly to the rails B so that a further description of the same is not deemed necessary, and the said conveyer belt E passes over pulleys E, E and E, of which the pulley E* is journaled on the righthand of the table E. the pulley E is journaled on a bracket E and the pulley E is secured on the shaft O so that when the machine is running a traveling motion is given to the belt E im the direction of the arrow 0. The bracket E is held vertically adjustable on the main frame N in the same manner as the bracket N, and the bracket E carries the left-hand end of the table E the righthand end of which is supported from the table N by brackets 17, in which is journaled the shaft E of the pulley E? (see Figs. 2 and 11), and the shaft E is also journaled in brackets E forming part of the right-hand end of the table E The bracket E supports a table E (see Figs. 7 and S), which forms a continuation of the table E beyond the side edges of the belt E, as plainly shown in the said tigures saiid table being slightly raised at the rear to form a seat- E for supporting the can body A after the same has been pushed olf the belt E by the'transverse shifting device F. The seat E is directl below the assembling device G and one of the notches H of the platen H.

The shifting device F is provided with a pusher F adapted to engage the front of the can body A to push the same rcarwardly oil the belt E and onto the seat E, as shown in Fig. 7, and the said pusher F is mounted to slide transversely in a guideway E arranged on the bracket E (see Figs. 7, S. 14 and 15). The pusher F is pivotally connected with the free end of an arm F attached to the rock shaft 1 previously men tioned, so that when the machine is running. a transverse reciprocating motion is given to the pusher F.

()n the pusher F is secured extending arm F engaging a pusher F for shifting the can head A simultaneously with the can body A to assembling position under the assembling device G. The can head. pusher F is mounted to slide transversely in a guideway R formed on top of a table it (see Fig. 1) supported on a bracket R attached to the main frame N. The table It is provided with a longitudinal guideway R for the can heads to pass from the leftto the right, one behind the other, to finally pass successively into the path of the pusher F which pushes the can head transversely in a guideway R formed on top of the table It, the rear end of the guideway 11* forming a stop R for limiting the inward movement of the can head A. The bottom of the inner portion of the guideway R is apertured 'to allow the can head A to drop down into the mouth of the can body A held underneath and supported on the seat E (see Fig. 7).

The can headsA are fed from the lcft to an upwardlyand is extended transversely spaced apart and ,mountedto project above the along the guide Way R the right by a can head feeding device, consisting essentially of a series of pins S slide up and down in a slide '1 mounted to slide longitudinally in a guideway- R arranged on the table R, as plainly indicated in Figs. 1. 14, 15 and 16. The pins, S rest with their lower ends on a long-itudinally-extending bar S and are pressed in contact with the said bar by Springs S coiled on the pins S and abutting against the under side of the slide T. The bar S is attached to a bell crank lever S fulcrumed on the bracket R and pivotally connected by a transverselyextending link S with a lever (see Fig. 3). fulcrumed at S on the rear of the main frame N. and on the upper end of the said lever S is arranged a friction roller S (see 1 and 3) engaging a cam groove formed in the face of a cam S (see Fig. 21) attached to the cam shaft Q. Thus when the machine is running-the cam S imparts an intermittent rocking motion to the lever-S which by the link S,.bell crank lever 3" and its bar S periodically moves the pins S up and down. When the pins S are up and slide T and the latter is moved from the left to the right then the can heads A are carried along in the guideway Iii-the foremost can head being finally pushed into the path of the pusher When the pins S are moved downward to the position sh'ownin Fig. 16 then the slide T is moved from the right to the left and hence the pins do not act oathe can heads A. which now remain stationary in the guideway R for the time being. When the slide T reaches the end of its outer stroke the pins S are again raised to carry the can heads from the left to the right at the next operation.

The left-hand end of the slide T is pivotally connected by a link T with a bell crank lever T fulcrumed on the lefthand end of the main frame X, and .the said hell IS pivotally connected by 'a' crank lever T link T with a second hell crank lever 'l likewise fulc rumed on the left-handend of the main frame Xtsee Fig. 3lfand the hell crank lever T is pivotally connected by a link T'" with a gear \vheel Q. so that when the machine is ruuning the mechanism described to the slide T for carrying the pins S from the left to the right at the time the pins are raiseth and for carrying the pins H fuun the right to the leftat the tinie the pins 5 are in their lowerni st position.

The pusher F overhang F adapted to engage the can head A to prevent the can head from accidental upward movement durimL i the time the pusher F pushes the can head until the can head A wrist pin T" .-ec.ured on the a reciprocating motion given by is provided on top with an the top of Ecrank arm H engaglng the slots In the S with a head Gr secured on a stem G mounted to slide up and down in a suitable bearing N attached to the main frame N (see Figs. 1 and 2). The upper end of the stem G is pivotally connected by a link G with an arm G (see Figs. 1 and 2) attached to'a short shaft Gr journaled in suitable bearings arranged on the main frame N, and on the said shaft is secured a rearwardly-extending arm G carrying a friction roller G engaging a cam groove G formed in the face of a earn (it" (see Fig. 25) secured on the cam shaft (Q. Thus when the machine is running the cam G and the mechanism just described impart an up and down intermittent sliding motion to the head G so that the latter In its descent engages, the top of the can head A and forces the same firmly to its seat in the mouth of the can body A and at the time the can body is in a notch H of a platen H butis still seated on the seat E 3. It is understood that the head G move'si'. downward and upward at the time the pusher F recedes. It is understood that to cylindrical shape by the device I), the can head A now fits snugly into the mouth of the can body withthe flange A of the canhead A. in firm contact with the flange A of the can body A; I

l The can body A "with the head A pressed l in position thereon is now carried by the platen H to the double-seaimng device I I and for this purpose a rotary motion is given to the platen by the following mechanism: The platen His secured on a verticaily-disposed shaft H" journaled in suitable bearings arranged on the main frame I N (see Fig. 7), and on the upper end of the i said shaft H is secured a bevel gear wheel ll" in mesh with a bevel pinion H secured cn the inner end of a horizontally-disposed shaft H extending longitudinally and journa led in suitable bearings arranged on the top a of the main frame N. On the left-hand end of the shaft H is secured a slotted star wheel ll engaged by a detent wheel H having a wheel H to periodically turn the star Wheel H when the machine is running and the l heel H is rotated. The wheel H and its A in proper relation to the.

the assembling device G, which is provided as the mouth of the can body A is restored 

